Natural disasters in game - how does it affect the game?

**hellheaven1987** · March 17, 2011, 01:57 AM

So in my Date game my west province just got hit by tsunami (no, I am not trolling), which besides reduce some cash flow I don't notice any significant change. That I wonder, how many natural disasters are in the game and how they are working?

**aviatorhi** · March 17, 2011, 02:04 AM

Was your harbor or any building near the sea damaged (just curious to see if its modeled)?

**hellheaven1987** · March 17, 2011, 02:06 AM

Originally Posted by aviatorhi

Was your harbor or any building near the sea damaged (just curious to see if its modeled)?

No, which is why it is strange; it does result permanent cash reduction though.

**Mwulf** · March 17, 2011, 02:38 AM

Originally Posted by hellheaven1987

No, which is why it is strange; it does result permanent cash reduction though.

Permanent? Not only for a few turns? That... that sounds like a bug. Can't be intentional, that.

I'm assuming it was just a pop-up window, that there wasn't any visual of a tsunami hitting? That would be too cool a thing for CA to implement.

**Soulstrider** · March 20, 2011, 04:14 PM

Originally Posted by hellheaven1987

west province just got hit by tsunami

I shouldn't have laughed

@Mwulf: Completely unrelated to this thread, but I just want to compliment you on your EXCELLENT taste in shows.

**Alkarin** · March 17, 2011, 02:05 AM

Originally Posted by hellheaven1987

So in my Date game my west province just got hit by tsunami

i had a hearty lawl

**12976** · March 17, 2011, 02:41 AM

I think permanent makes sense, things get destroyed. The wealth of the province decreases

The province growth will eventually ensure it recovers, but i think a permanent hit makes sense

**aviatorhi** · March 17, 2011, 02:58 AM

Permanent doesn't make sense, especially since everything else in the game is temporary. For starters the harbor should be damaged.

**Sol Invictus** · March 20, 2011, 02:31 PM

I haven't seen a natural disaster yet.

**sillyfrenchman** · March 20, 2011, 02:36 PM

I had a tsunami and nothing happened. Maybe a few sailors died, but it wasn't noticeable.

**Dileos** · March 20, 2011, 02:51 PM

If I can manage to get an earthquake on one turn and a tsunami on the next turn, I'll march right to CA's doorstep and buy every single product they've ever made. Twice.

But I think the only real damage is a small population growth hit and some income loss. Not quite sure though as I've never payed attention to it really.

**Stil** · March 20, 2011, 03:01 PM

Tsunamis, earthquakes and volcanoes where the natural disasters my advisor warned me off.

Are they scripted like plague/volcano in Medieval?

**rob-a-dogg** · March 20, 2011, 03:17 PM

Originally Posted by Dileos

But I think the only real damage is a small population growth hit and some income loss. Not quite sure though as I've never payed attention to it really.

I was looking yesterday an i believe they have (thankfully) scrapped population altogether. It never made sense to me, and was pretty poorly implemented in the past. Some times too slow, some times too fast, and no top cap, ive had cities in RTW, M2TW and ETW with several million people when they should not even be close

some places maybe but not most of the ones i came across.

**Feldspar** · March 20, 2011, 03:58 PM

I would think a Typhoon would be a much more common occurrence. In fact.. I'm pretty sure they happen quite frequently during Typhoon season... i mean... they have a season...for a reason.

**Relativista** · March 20, 2011, 04:00 PM

My maritime fleet has picked up a storm and some crew members died

**Soveriegn** · March 20, 2011, 04:09 PM

This happened when I chose not to give some money to some monks...I was curious what would happen:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

It says "My lord! We have incurred the wrath of Oyamatsumi! He has sent forth his fiery retribution from the mountains."

You can see the slower build and less production is the result.